Tantei Opera Milky Holmes

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
Cover of first BD/DVD volume of the anime television series. From left to right: Sherlock Shellingford (with Kamaboko), Nero Yuzurizaki, Cordelia Glauca and Hercule Barton.
探偵オペラ ミルキィホームズ
(Tantei Opera Mirukī Hōmuzu)
GenreComedy, detective
Manga
Written byBushiroad
Illustrated bySorahiro Mizushima
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicShonen
Original runMay 2010January 2011
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byMakoto Moriwaki
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music byKatsumichi Harada
StudioJ.C.Staff
Original networkTokyo MX
Original run October 7, 2010 December 23, 2010
Episodes12 (+1 special) (List of episodes)
Video game
DeveloperArtdink
PublisherBushiroad
GenreAdventure
EnginePlayStation Portable
Released
  • JP: December 16, 2010
Light novel
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Overture
Written byHideaki Koyasu
Illustrated byNatsuki Tanihara
Keiichi Ishikura
Published byASCII Media Works
ImprintDengeki Bunko
DemographicMale
PublishedDecember 10, 2010
Anime television series
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Act 2
Directed byMakoto Moriwaki
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music byMonaca
  • Satoru Inohara
StudioJ.C.Staff
Artland
Original networkTokyo MX
Original run January 5, 2012 March 22, 2012
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Video game
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2
DeveloperArtdink
PublisherBushiroad
GenreAdventure
PlatformPlayStation Portable
Released
  • JP: August 23, 2012
Original video animation
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative
Directed byYoshiaki Iwasaki
Written byTakayo Ikami
Music byMonaca
  • Satoru Inohara
StudioJ.C.Staff
Artland
Released August 25, 2012 December 31, 2012
Runtime24 minutes
Episodes2 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Futari wa Milky Holmes
Directed byHiroshi Nishikiori
Written byHideki Shirane
Music byJun Ichikawa
StudioJ.C.Staff
Nomad
Original networkTokyo MX
Original run July 13, 2013 September 28, 2013
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD
Directed byHiroshi Nishikiori
Written byTenga Komuro
Music byElements Garden
StudioJ.C.Staff
Nomad
Original networkTokyo MX
Original run January 4, 2015 March 28, 2015
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack
Directed byMakoto Moriwaki (Chief)
Hiroaki Sakurai
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music byElements Garden
StudioJ.C.Staff
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2016

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (Japanese: 探偵オペラ ミルキィホームズ, Hepburn: Tantei Opera Mirukii Hōmuzu, lit. "Detective Opera Milky Holmes") is a media franchise owned by the Japanese entertainment company Bushiroad. The first release was an Internet radio drama, released in December 2009. An anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between October and December 2010, with a special episode aired on August 26, 2011. The second anime season aired between January and March 2012 with another special aired on August 25, 2012.[1][2] A third series, titled Futari wa Milky Holmes, aired between July and September 2013.[3] A fourth series titled Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD aired between January and March 2015. Other media includes a manga adaptation serialized in Comp Ace between May 2010 and January 2011; two visual novels, released for the PlayStation Portable in December 2010 and August 2012 respectively; a trading card game tie-in with Bushiroad's Weiß Schwarz; and a light novel series published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko label.

The series is an homage to the detective fiction genre, with four young girls named after famous fictional detectives: Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot and Cordelia Gray. Milky Holmes is also the name of a voice acting unit consisting of the series' four main voice actresses; Suzuko Mimori, Sora Tokui, Mikoi Sasaki and Izumi Kitta.

  1. ^ "Bushiroad Confirms Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Anime". Anime News Network. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  2. ^ "Milky Holmes anime gets 2nd season in January 2012". Anime News Network. 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  3. ^ "Detective Opera Milky Holmes Gets 3rd TV Anime This Summer". Anime News Network. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-24.